Minnesota Twins 2013 Milestone Tracker

I'm a numbers guy, even though I don't really like math. People who know me know that my life is played out on excel spreadsheets. I track my goals, finances, places I've been, trips I've been on, and various other random things on spreadsheets. At my wedding last summer one of my groomsmen talked about this during the Best Man's roast and using visual aids, blew up one the spreadsheets I made for our annual high school trips, complete with a graph of likely outcomes for our 10th annual trip, which was to Las Vegas that year. Sports fuels my need for numbers and statistics and what sport does that better than any other than baseball. So while the Twins may not excite the casual fan during these "lean" years, and the bandwagon will definitely be lighter in 2013, there are still things we can keep an eye on and cheer for while we wait for the Championship years coming later this decade. As you look at the numbers you have to thank the Twins that we still have Mauer and Morneau to anchor the offense. If not for them, this team would really lack a veteran presence. Willingham has also been a nice addition. On the pitching side, its hard to fathom, but the leader is Glen Perkins, the closer. Once castoff with attitude problems, is now the guy behind the rubber that will hopefully stabilize the bullpen, so the focus can be put on how to revitalize the starting rotation. *Notes* The next milestone will never exceed the MLB record for that stat in a season. Also, the milestone place will change frequently, we'll check in every couple months. Only tracking players career places in the top 1,000. For the Twins rankings, I took each player's highest season total to figure out how high they could move up this season on the team rankings. Click on the picture below to see the Twins Milestone Tracker. Until next time, keep 'em high and tight. brock